Why the high Gasoline prices?...

Higher gasoline prices caused by the shortage of oil. The less oil we have, the higher the price at the pump. There are a lot of folks that can't understand how we ran out of oil here in the USA.

Well, here's the answer: It's simple... nobody bothered to check the oil. We didn't know we were getting low! The reason for that is obviously geographical, all the oil is in Texas and Oklahoma, and all the dipsticks are in Washington, D.C.!!!